Sounds to me like this is a workaround so that Google can maintain control over who gets to release apps now that they can’t do it by locking the apps behind Google Play. I wouldn’t be surprised if being verified also includes some kind of fee.
I doubt its about a few dollars from developers. They’ll say it’s about contacting devepers. But I think it’s really about control over who can publish apps, force them to agree to weird T&Cs and allow Google to exclude people.
This. And obviously to ban all the things like adblockers, NewPipe, custom browsers, etc that give people any kind of relief from Google’s digital slavery.
Sounds to me like this is a workaround so that Google can maintain control over who gets to release apps now that they can’t do it by locking the apps behind Google Play. I wouldn’t be surprised if being verified also includes some kind of fee.
I doubt its about a few dollars from developers. They’ll say it’s about contacting devepers. But I think it’s really about control over who can publish apps, force them to agree to weird T&Cs and allow Google to exclude people.
ravanced, magisk, newpipe etc
This. And obviously to ban all the things like adblockers, NewPipe, custom browsers, etc that give people any kind of relief from Google’s digital slavery.
its a threat to people using browser forks thats for sure.
so basically APPle.
What is APPIe?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=APPIe